Gridpedia2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix
Max Verstappen won the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari on 18 Apr 2021 for Red Bull, from 3rd on the grid; Lewis Hamilton was second and Lando Norris third. Pole position: Lewis Hamilton.
Verstappen took the lead for good on lap 29 of 63, from Lewis Hamilton; the lead changed hands 2 times in all. There was one safety-car period (laps 2 to 7). Verstappen stopped 2 times, on laps 27 and 33; 11 of 17 finishers made 3 stops, and the median first stop was lap 27. The fastest lap was Lewis Hamilton's, 1:16.702 on lap 60. 17 of 20 starters were classified; 3 retired or were not classified. After the race Lewis Hamilton led the championship with 44 points, 1 ahead of Max Verstappen, with 20 rounds left.
- Date
- 18 Apr 2021
- Circuit
- Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Italy
- Round
- 2 of 22
- Winner
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Tyre compounds
- C2 hard C3 medium C4 soft source
- Pole position
- Lewis Hamilton (1:14.411)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | VERMax Verstappen | Red Bull | 3 | 63 | 2:02:34.598 | 25 | |
| 2 | 44 | HAMLewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 63 | +22.000 | 1:16.702 | 19 |
| 3 | 4 | NORLando Norris | McLaren | 7 | 63 | +23.702 | 15 | |
| 4 | 16 | LECCharles Leclerc | Ferrari | 4 | 63 | +25.579 | 12 | |
| 5 | 55 | SAICarlos Sainz | Ferrari | 11 | 63 | +27.036 | 10 | |
| 6 | 3 | RICDaniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 6 | 63 | +51.220 | 8 | |
| 7 | 10 | GASPierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 5 | 63 | +52.818 | 6 | |
| 8 | 18 | STRLance Stroll | Aston Martin | 10 | 63 | +56.909 | 4 | |
| 9 | 31 | OCOEsteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 9 | 63 | +65.704 | 2 | |
| 10 | 14 | ALOFernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 15 | 63 | +66.561 | 1 | |
| 11 | 11 | PERSergio Pérez | Red Bull | 2 | 63 | +67.151 | 0 | |
| 12 | 22 | TSUYuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri | 20 | 63 | +73.184 | 0 | |
| 13 | 7 | RAIKimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 16 | 63 | +94.773 | 0 | |
| 14 | 99 | GIOAntonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 17 | 62 | +1 Lap | 0 | |
| 15 | 5 | VETSebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | PLq13 | 61 | Gearbox | 0 | |
| 16 | 47 | MSCMick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 18 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 17 | 9 | MAZNikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 19 | 61 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| R | 77 | BOTValtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 8 | 30 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 63 | RUSGeorge Russell | Williams | 12 | 30 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 6 | LATNicholas Latifi | Williams | 14 | 0 | Collision | 0 |
Grid differs from qualifying for 1 driver: Sebastian Vettel qualified 13th, started from the pit lane. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Lap chart
Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.
Race history: gap to the leader
How the race was won
- Winner
- Max Verstappen: 2 stops (laps 27, 33), stints of 27, 6, 30 laps
- 2nd
- Lewis Hamilton: 4 stops (laps 28, 31, 32, 33), stints of 28, 3, 1, 1, 30 laps
- 3rd
- Lando Norris: 2 stops (laps 28, 33), stints of 28, 5, 30 laps
- Finishers
- 2 stops: 6 · 3 or more: 11
- First stops
- median lap 27 of 63
Pit stops
Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.
| Driver | Stops | Laps (pit-lane time) | Stints (laps; bar length is the share of the race distance) |
|---|---|---|---|
| VERMax Verstappen | 2 | 27 (29.8 s), 33 (1621.4 s) | 27630 |
| HAMLewis Hamilton | 4 | 28 (32.1 s), 31 (38.2 s), 32 (1494.7 s), 33 (65.9 s) | 28330 |
| NORLando Norris | 2 | 28 (30.7 s), 33 (1585.0 s) | 28530 |
| LECCharles Leclerc | 2 | 28 (31.0 s), 33 (1609.5 s) | 28530 |
| SAICarlos Sainz | 2 | 27 (30.9 s), 33 (1582.2 s) | 27630 |
| RICDaniel Ricciardo | 2 | 27 (34.3 s), 33 (1574.8 s) | 27630 |
| GASPierre Gasly | 4 | 14 (31.1 s), 26 (32.3 s), 32 (1453.5 s), 33 (56.1 s) | 1412630 |
| STRLance Stroll | 3 | 27 (31.1 s), 32 (1492.1 s), 33 (65.4 s) | 27530 |
| OCOEsteban Ocon | 5 | 1 (30.9 s), 27 (30.7 s), 31 (30.7 s), 32 (1479.0 s), 33 (56.7 s) | 26430 |
| ALOFernando Alonso | 3 | 28 (30.9 s), 32 (1488.4 s), 33 (57.6 s) | 28430 |
| PERSergio Pérez | 2 | 28 (44.6 s), 33 (1581.2 s) | 28530 |
| TSUYuki Tsunoda | 3 | 25 (30.7 s), 32 (1491.4 s), 33 (63.3 s) | 25730 |
| RAIKimi Räikkönen | 3 | 26 (30.3 s), 32 (1492.6 s), 33 (62.9 s) | 26630 |
| GIOAntonio Giovinazzi | 4 | 27 (32.3 s), 32 (1496.5 s), 33 (60.2 s), 40 (29.7 s) | 275722 |
| VETSebastian Vettel | 5 | 3 (32.0 s), 20 (31.2 s), 22 (39.5 s), 32 (1452.3 s), 33 (52.0 s) | 3171028 |
| MSCMick Schumacher | 4 | 5 (51.0 s), 21 (32.5 s), 31 (1521.5 s), 32 (51.2 s) | 5161029 |
| MAZNikita Mazepin | 4 | 12 (31.2 s), 23 (31.5 s), 31 (1486.2 s), 32 (49.7 s) | 1211829 |
| BOTValtteri Bottas | 1 | 28 (30.2 s) | 28 |
| RUSGeorge Russell | 1 | 26 (30.0 s) | 264 |
Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.
Qualifying
Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1:14.823 | 1:14.817 | 1:14.411 | fastest Q3 | |
| 2 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1:15.395 | 1:14.716 | 1:14.446 | +0.035 Q3 | |
| 3 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1:15.109 | 1:14.884 | 1:14.498 | +0.087 Q3 | |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1:15.413 | 1:14.808 | 1:14.740 | +0.329 Q3 | |
| 5 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 1:15.548 | 1:14.927 | 1:14.790 | +0.379 Q3 | |
| 6 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 1:15.669 | 1:15.033 | 1:14.826 | +0.415 Q3 | |
| 7 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 1:15.009 | 1:14.718 | 1:14.875 | +0.307 Q2 | |
| 8 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 1:14.672 | 1:14.905 | 1:14.898 | +0.261 Q1 | |
| 9 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine F1 Team | 1:15.385 | 1:15.117 | 1:15.210 | +0.706 Q2 | |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 1:15.522 | 1:15.138 | +0.727 Q2 | ||
| 11 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 1:15.406 | 1:15.199 | +0.788 Q2 | ||
| 12 | George Russell | Williams | 1:15.826 | 1:15.261 | +0.850 Q2 | ||
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin | 1:15.459 | 1:15.394 | +0.983 Q2 | ||
| 14 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams | 1:15.653 | 1:15.593 | +1.182 Q2 | ||
| 15 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine F1 Team | 1:15.832 | 1:15.593 | +1.182 Q2 | ||
| 16 | Kimi Räikkönen | Alfa Romeo | 1:15.974 | +1.563 Q1 | |||
| 17 | Antonio Giovinazzi | Alfa Romeo | 1:16.122 | +1.711 Q1 | |||
| 18 | Mick Schumacher | Haas F1 Team | 1:16.279 | +1.868 Q1 | |||
| 19 | Nikita Mazepin | Haas F1 Team | 1:16.797 | +2.386 Q1 | |||
| 20 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri |
Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.
Standings after this race
Explained: how points and the two championships work.
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1 | 44 |
| 2 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1 | 43 |
| 3 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 0 | 27 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 0 | 20 |
| 5 | Valtteri Bottas | Mercedes | 0 | 16 |
| 6 | Carlos Sainz | Ferrari | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren | 0 | 14 |
| 8 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 0 | 10 |
| 9 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin | 0 | 5 |
Constructors
| Pos | Constructor | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes | 1 | 60 |
| 2 | Red Bull | 1 | 53 |
| 3 | McLaren | 0 | 41 |
| 4 | Ferrari | 0 | 34 |
| 5 | AlphaTauri | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Aston Martin | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Alpine F1 Team | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Alfa Romeo | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Williams | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 0 |